In the U.S., with much higher usage, customers much prefer the cruise control on the face of the steering wheel.

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We've got the whole of the global organization to switch to that setup, so you now see on the new Golf the cruise control on the face of the steering wheel.

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Instead of its standard position behind the movement in back of the watch, the 14mm-diameter wheel floats above the movement and dials, encased under the domed crystal on its face.

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As she shifted, heaving, between these two positions, he caught glimpses of her face, contorted, wet, until finally she sat silent a moment, chin on steering wheel, watery eyes blinking in the happy sun.

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Problems included a penchant for picking up dirt and fingerprints (the price you pay for a beautiful glossy face, we suppose), a cramped nav key layout with the tricky touch-sensitive Navi Wheel front and center, audio performance that wasn't bad but was expected to be far better in light of the dedicated DSP, and a "shovel"-like feel in the hand, a symptom of the phone's generous dimensions.

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